Chapter 75: Primordial Ape
The city guards on the wall slightly raised their chins. They had long heard of the Wolf Cavalry Legion's reputation, but after engaging them today, they didn't feel much pressure. Rumors couldn't be fully trusted.
The Great Prince, seated imposingly on the wall, had a hint of disappointment in his eyes. He had been waiting for a worthy opponent for too long, but the current battle no longer held much interest for him.
Just as the city guard units were preparing to throw a second volley of war spears, a massive black shadow dove straight down from above.
This shadow first broke through the clouds, then, relying on the power of its flapping wings and its own body weight, plummeted straight toward the front wall.
Seeing this, a squad leader on the wall raised one arm and made a simple yet forceful gesture.
As soon as the squad leader's command was given, the flag bearers on the watchtowers waved their command flags. The sound of neatly clashing armor rang out as the city guards raised their war spears, ready to shoot down the black shadow in the sky.
With a *thump*, a wave of wind pressure spread out. Barbatos, diving vertically, suddenly spread its wings. Because its downward momentum was so strong, the bones within its wings emitted cracking sounds.
Barbatos halted a hundred meters above the wall. It had already gathered its dragonflame. With a *whoosh*, the dragonflame spewed down onto the wall.
A series of crackling sounds spread. The city guards within the dragonflame wailed as their armor melted and their bodies quickly turned to ash. Barbatos was only skilled at spewing dragonflame, which seemed like a single ability, but the more singular an ability, the more powerful it was.
"Quick throw!"
Shouts rang out across the wall. The city guards abandoned their charging stances and threw all their war spears at Barbatos.
*Thud, thud...*
Dragon blood splattered everywhere. Barbatos could only endure it now. Several hundred war spears were embedded in its lower abdomen, its dragon wings were riddled with holes, and its health plummeted to 6.23%. Barbatos was nearly killed in a single volley.
Barbatos had done what it needed to do. It spread its wings and flew higher, large amounts of dragon blood scattering in midair.
While Barbatos distracted the city guards on the wall, the Wolf Cavalry army had already reached the vicinity of the wall. One wolf cavalryman urged his mount to leap, intending to climb the wall.
With a dull thud, the Grey Orc on the wolf's back and the wolf beneath him were both sent flying backward, blood spraying from their bodies. This was the "Righteous Duke" spell formation. Once activated, anyone who touched the wall, except for city guards with the corresponding spell formation on their armor, would be pierced by the impact force.
They couldn't even touch the wall. This kind of siege battle left the battle-hardened Wolpole and Uya momentarily stunned, but they quickly thought of a solution. Even if they had to throw their weapons, they couldn't just wait to die. As for retreating, without orders, they couldn't.
Barbatos's mournful cries came from midair. Having fought so many battles, the life stones within its body were depleted, and its recovery speed was slow. But it had held out long enough.
Su Xiao stood on the dragon's back. Black chains extended from the air behind him, coiling around his left arm. Just over ten seconds ago, he had activated the ultimate ability of the [War Lord] title, Ancient War Beast.
[Prompt: The Hunter has activated the Ancient War Beast ability.]
[Scanning for the strongest tier of large creatures in this world...]
[Successfully selected War Beast: Ancient Giant Ape · Primordial Ape (This was a giant creature from this world's ancient era, dead for 4759 years. Original habitat: Eastern Swamp. Once caused the destruction of the "Sun Worship Dynasty").]
[War Spirit Reviving...]
[Body Constructing...]
[Ancient Giant Ape · Primordial Ape will exist for 30 seconds. During this time, it will assist the Hunter in battle.]
[Friendly morale is at its peak (100 points).]
[The Hunter currently commands 498,560 soldier-type units (exceeding 400,000).]
[The Ancient Giant Ape · Primordial Ape's True Strength and True Stamina attributes have reached the world's maximum limit.]
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The War Lord's Ancient War Beast ability didn't summon a specific ancient war beast. In different worlds, different war beasts would be summoned. Although it could only exist for 30 seconds, this ability was extremely powerful.
If it could only summon the same type of war beast, then as Su Xiao's strength increased, this ability would gradually weaken and eventually become useless.
But the current summoning method meant that the war beast's strength varied depending on the world. Although the prerequisites were high and the duration was short, this kind of growth without requiring resources was a valuable point.
A sound of tearing air came from above. An indescribable sense of oppression appeared in the sky, as if everything had returned to a barbaric era, the era of giant beasts, survival of the fittest. The best of them had now descended.
All the city guards on the wall, as well as the Wolf Cavalry who had just stopped their charge, almost all looked up at the sky. The originally brutal siege battle came to a halt at this moment.
With a *boom*, a behemoth crashed down from above. It was the Ancient War Beast · Primordial Ape. Its body was covered in black bristles, and on its thick upper arm was a several-meter-long fang embedded in it. This was the honor of the Ancient War Beast · Primordial Ape, the fang of its mortal enemy from thousands of years ago.
The Ancient War Beast · Primordial Ape rose from the crater it had created. It looked like a giant ape overall. Its arms and hands were covered in a chitinous layer, its shoulders had backward-curving bone spurs, and its chest was covered in scars.
After the Ancient War Beast · Primordial Ape stood up, it was actually taller than the royal capital's wall. Its head and shoulders could be seen from inside the city.
On the wall, the Great Prince, who had been seated imposingly, looked at the Ancient War Beast · Primordial Ape a few dozen meters ahead. There was disbelief in his eyes. Clearly, in his knowledge, there were no such giant beasts on the continent.
The wall fell silent. A city guard looked at the war spear in his hand, then at the Ancient War Beast · Primordial Ape. He felt that his weapon was too short to even be used as a toothpick for this giant beast.
The Ancient War Beast · Primordial Ape moved its neck, raised its massive hand, and rubbed the back of its head. When it saw Su Xiao on the dragon's back, it slightly lowered its head, but its respect for the summoner ended there.
The Ancient War Beast · Primordial Ape shifted its body to face the wall. At that moment, a war spear flew toward it.
*Pfft~*
The war spear lodged under the Ancient War Beast · Primordial Ape's eye. It looked a bit confused, unable to understand why such a weak little thing dared to attack it. It felt like the world had changed.
The Ancient War Beast · Primordial Ape raised its hand, pressed its thick thumb against its index finger, and flicked the war spear under its eye. With a crisp sound, the war spear, enhanced by the spell formation, exploded into metallic powder.
That city guard's attack was very effective. He had successfully angered the Ancient War Beast · Primordial Ape.
The Ancient War Beast · Primordial Ape straightened its upper body and began to inhale. As it breathed in, the surrounding air gathered into its mouth in a vortex.
On the wall in front of it, the guards all leaned back, planting their war spears into the ground. If they didn't do this, they would be pulled up by the suction force. In this situation, they could do nothing but resist this suction.
The Ancient War Beast · Primordial Ape's abdomen bulged slightly. It tilted its head back slightly, and the surrounding suction force suddenly stopped.
"Could it be..."
The Great Prince's face under his helmet twitched. As he lunged backward, he tore off his metal helmet and covered his ears with both hands.
"ROAR!!!"
The Ancient War Beast · Primordial Ape let out a roar at the wall ahead. With a *boom*, the stone layer on the outside of the wall cracked.
The city guards on the wall staggered. Their armor seemed to have softened, its surface rippling from the intense sound waves before completely shattering. The spell formations on it appeared utterly powerless.
As the layers of sound waves spread, tens of thousands of city guards on the wall all exploded into a large cloud of blood mist. The "Righteous Duke" spell formation on the front of the wall shattered, dissolving into a shower of light particles.
"Cough, cough~"
Amidst the thick blood mist, the Great Prince, whose armor was now broken and tattered, stood up trembling. Blood flowed from all over his body, quickly staining the ground beneath his feet.
After a single ape roar, the city guards on the front wall of the royal capital were completely annihilated.
Over a dozen kilometers away, on a cliff, Grey Gentleman, wearing a top hat, put away his monocular telescope. He silently walked back into the forest behind him.
"Grey Gentleman, aren't we going to find a chance to seize the Void Tree fruit?"
A long-haired mature woman spoke. She was a reinforcement hired by Grey Gentleman, having just arrived in this world. Even among the Violators, she was notorious.
"Seize the Void Tree fruit? No, I don't want to die yet."
Leaving these words, Grey Gentleman disappeared into the dense forest.